Rock and roll songs about men behaving like decent people
June 6, 2018 10:05 PM Subscribe
In no particular order: The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me, Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen, ABBA - Does Your Mother Know?, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Young Girl. Rock and Roll examples of men behaving correctly. From across decades. They aren't common, but I find this refreshing in this #metoo age.
This post was deleted for the following reason: This is too far over the editorializing line, sorry. -- restless_nomad
The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me ... Rock and Roll examples of men behaving correctly. From across decades. They aren't common, but I find this refreshing in this #metoo age.
Is this a joke? If it is, I don't get it.
(To be clear on my end, this Police song is the story of a teach who sleeps with a student. Sting even called the encounter "the rape in the car" in one interview.)
posted by muddgirl at 10:23 PM on June 6, 2018 [1 favorite]
Is this a joke? If it is, I don't get it.
(To be clear on my end, this Police song is the story of a teach who sleeps with a student. Sting even called the encounter "the rape in the car" in one interview.)
posted by muddgirl at 10:23 PM on June 6, 2018 [1 favorite]
Sorry, Gary Puckett is a serial child murderer.
This girl tasted love, as tender as the gentle dawn
She cried a single tear, A teardrop that was sweet and warm
Our hearts told us we were right
And on that sweet and velvet night
A child had died, a woman had been born
posted by munchingzombie at 10:24 PM on June 6, 2018
This girl tasted love, as tender as the gentle dawn
She cried a single tear, A teardrop that was sweet and warm
Our hearts told us we were right
And on that sweet and velvet night
A child had died, a woman had been born
posted by munchingzombie at 10:24 PM on June 6, 2018
It's not a joke. Flagged to the mods for deletion. I didn't know I was getting things so wrong.
posted by hippybear at 10:27 PM on June 6, 2018
posted by hippybear at 10:27 PM on June 6, 2018
I'm a fan of Hot Blooded's repeated use of now it's up to you... -- he's making it clear what he wants, but he's also all about consent, I like that.
posted by gloriouslyincandescent at 10:28 PM on June 6, 2018
posted by gloriouslyincandescent at 10:28 PM on June 6, 2018
Depressing that even the ones that look safe at first glance... aren’t.
posted by greermahoney at 10:29 PM on June 6, 2018
posted by greermahoney at 10:29 PM on June 6, 2018
I stand by the ABBA song, however. It's entirely "Hey, you shouldn't be doing this, but we're at a club and we can dance and flirt but nothing else".
posted by hippybear at 10:31 PM on June 6, 2018
posted by hippybear at 10:31 PM on June 6, 2018
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